War memorial of Suomussalmi. Bronze. Length c. 77 cm. Dimensions of the base 37.5x14 cm.
Minor marks onto base.
Literature
Alvar Aalto: The Mark of the Hand / Harry Charrington and Vezio Nava. Rakennustieto Publishing Helsinki. Pages 153 and 250.
More information
The sculpture is a miniature of the war monument erected in Suomussalmi in northern Finland on August 30, 1959. It commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the battle of Suomussalmi between the Finnish and Russian forces during the Winter War resulting in Finnish victory. The monument was designed by Alvar Aalto and sculpted by Heikki Häiväoja. Häiväoja is an artist who belonged to the artists’ group Maaliskuulaiset during the 1960s, and became renowned for his nature-inspired bronze sculptures. The miniatures were not signed, numbered or stamped.
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